Those Who Are Dead Are Not Dead

Anyone Who Criticises Me For Talking About Fair Trade Is A Few Pebbles Short Of A Beach. Because Everyone Should Care About It, Just Like Everyone Should Care About The Environment, Because We All Live Here.

When You're On Your Fifth Album, You Are Going To Be Judged Against All Your Previous Work And Expectations.

What Makes Us A Bit Nervous Is, In This Instant Age, To Release Something That Might Take More Than One Listen. Where Everything Is Instantly Judged On Youtube Or Something! It's A Bit Like Releasing A Horse And Cart On A Racetrack.

I Think It's Part Of Being English, Particularly If You Are Middle-class - You're Always Looking To Be Reminded That You Are No Good And You Are Always Actually Embarrassed About Being Successful.

The Word Spirit Comes From The Latin Word For "breath" - Spiritu - And The Origin Of The Word Spirituality Has To Do With Breath And Life Force, The Mysteries Of The Ancients And All This. The Word Is Very Suspect In Much Of The Art World - The Western Art World. Certainly, Spirituality Has Become Divorced From Religious.